Improvement in smoke-houses



H. T. C. KRAUS.

SMOKE-HOUSE.

Patnted June 26. 1877.

":PETERS. ruomu'mnsmpuiw, WASH HERMAN T. U. KRAUS, OF NEW YORK,

N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN MATHESON AND JAMES JACKSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT m SMOKE-HOUSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,377, dated June 26,1877; application filed May 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN T. G. KRAUs, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Smoke-Houses, of which thefollowing is a specification:

My invention is made for allowing the smoke-house to be made of anydesired capacity from one set of castings, for giving access to allparts of the smoke-house even while the fire is smoldering, tofacilitate the insertion, removal, and suspension of the articles to besmoked, to promote uniformity of combustion, and for allowing thecapacity of the smoke-house to be increased or diminished, and to allowof easily separating the parts for removal.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the said smoke-house,and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan at the line a; w.

The base a stands upon the legs 12 and the smoke-house is built uponthis by placing together the desired number of sections d d, that areformed rectangular or polyonal, and open at one side. The sections cometogether with flanges or laps at e e, and they are rendered tight bypacking or putty, and either bolted or riveted together in addition, ifdesired.

Upon eachsection there is a hinge-joint or knuckle, h, receiving theportions of the hinges it upon the doors I, and the doors are secured,when shut, by the mortised projections a, receiving the eyes it upon thecasesections d, through which latter wedges e are inserted, so as tohold the doors firmly when closed. There are cross-bars 0 at thejunction of one door with the next, so as to make tight joints.

Upon the bottom of the apparatus there is a hearth of bricks, as at s,to prevent the heat becoming too great upon the bottom, and there areopenings with registers t at opposite sides of the hearth, so as toregulate the admissionof air, and the consequent rapidity of combustion.

Within the sections 01 there are ledges 1' for supporting cross-pieces,upon which are hung the hams or other articles to be smoked, and the topof the smoke-house is made as a hollow dome, u, with an escape openingor pipe at w, and there are hooks at 11, upon which sausages or othersmall articles to be smoked are hung, the same being sufficiently farfrom the fire to be smoked to the best advantage.

The capacity of the smoke-house can be increased by sections that makethe same higher, and all parts of .the house are accessible by thedoors, and in cases of removal the apparatus can be taken apart.

I claim as my invention-- The polygonal cast-iron sections d d, providedwith flanges or laps e, and open at one side, and having doors, incombination with the base a and cross-bars o, substantially as setforth.

Signed by me this 27th day of April, A. D. 1877.

HERMAN T. G. KRAUS.

Witnesses GEO. T. PINGKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

